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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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prepositions

He began to use carbon fibre blades at the age of 15 shortly before competing ....... his first paralympics in Beijing .

In 2012 , he won the gold medal ...... the 200 metres ....... the 2012 London Paralympics .

What are the suitable prepositions and why ?
Thanks in advance
  

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First, what do you think, please? And why?
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I don't know . I think they could be in or at .
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Could someone answer me , please ?
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Both are OK in their place. I would use these:

He began to use carbon fibre blades at the age of 15 shortly before competing in his first paralympics in Beijing .
In 2012 , he won the gold medal in the 200 metres at the 2012 London Paralympics .
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Many thanks sir but if you please explain to me why you use 'in' before 'paralympics ' in the first one and 'at' before 'paralympics' in the second . And what about 'for the 200 metres' ? Is it correct if I say so ?
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For the 200 metres would also be a good choice.
Otherwise, I would use the same prepositions recommended by Mister Micawber.
Preposition use in English is frequently rather inconsistent, and is often hard to explain.
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Anonymousplease explain to me why you use 'in' before 'paralympics ' in the first one and 'at' before 'paralympics' in the second .
All I can say for sure is that 'compete in' collocates naturally for me.
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AnonymousThanks mister
You need a comma after 'Thanks'.

Mr Micawber is normalyl addressed by his full name, or as Mister M or MM, not as mister.
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